Did Prince William get a prenuptial agreement before reserving Westminster Abbey for his marriage to Kate? The Fleet Street rumor mill says “no.” In England, it still just isn’t done. Financial planners on this side of the pond, however, say, “Dumb decision, Will. Remember what happened to mom and dad.”
Prenups set down how the income [...]
Stay with your stocks, is the message that investors are getting from some key market and economic forecasters. They’re betting that the economy can stand up by itself, as the government cuts its budget and the stimulus programs gradually wind down.
Not that there isn’t plenty to worry about: high gasoline prices, unfinished revolutions in the [...]
Are you planning on filing your last-minute tax returns electronically? Make sure that a crook isn’t secretly looking over your shoulder while you’re online. “The bad guys are always surfing for mistakes,” says Fred Touchette, senior security analyst for AppRiver, an Internet security company. “The weakest link in computer security is usually the individual user.”
The [...]
Opt out of marketing data bases! Do it now! And don’t give out any personal information in response to an email, even if it appears to come from your bank or favorite store.
Another major hacker attack last week exposed the names and emails of millions of consumers to cyber criminals — and [...]
Is your employer blindsiding you with your 401(k)? You might think you’re on track to retirement because your company enrolled you in the plan automatically. What they didn’t say is that they set you up to fail.
Auto-enrollment has been a great step forward, because it catches people who otherwise wouldn’t save. But, left alone, your [...]
